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Ron Johnson: “There weren't thousands of armed insurrectionists.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published April 5, 2023 | Video Starts at 13:28

There just were. That's indisputable. But you couldn't talk about them if you did. Now, you're one of the insurrectionists, which, by the way, There weren't thousands of armed insurrectionists. I'm the guy that asked the FBI witness at the Joint Senate Committee, okay, if this was an armed insurrection, how many guns did you confiscate? I had no idea. (13:28–13:32)

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Claims that there were not thousands of armed insurrectionists during the January 6 Capitol riot.

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